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Feb 14, 2024 · A new collection, “Neighbors and Other Stories,” gathers these with 10 more and an introduction by Tayari Jones, the author of “An American Marriage.”. At a moment when short stories seem ...
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Feb 13, 2024 · The Washington Post. It’s hard to know what brilliance she might have bestowed on the world had she lived longer, but the newly published collection Neighbors and Other Stories provides some inkling. Oliver’s perceptive, insightful work reflects great talent and ambition. The ease and elegance of her prose are striking, as is her faith in ...
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Book Summary. A bold and haunting debut story collection that follows various characters as they navigate the day-to-day perils of Jim Crow racism from Diane Oliver, a missing figure in the canon of twentieth-century African American literature, with an introduction by Tayari Jones. A remarkable talent far ahead of her time, Diane Oliver died ...
Mar 2, 2024 · Neighbors and Other Stories is a posthumous collection of the work of Diane Oliver, who died in 1966 in a motorcycle crash at the age of 22. However, the work of this formidable talent transcends ...
Sep 1, 2000 · Flawless decisions in composition and page design, generous white space, and a few exaggerated perspectives add much to the book’s distinction. Although the most visual weight is given to Olivia, just waiting on the sidelines is Olivia’s little brother Ian. New fans of Falconer can only hope Ian will soon star in his own book. (Picture book ...
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Mar 1, 2024 · NEIGHBORS. And other stories. 288pp. Faber. Paperback, £9.99. Diane Oliver. Diane Oliver was a student at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and just shy of her twenty-third birthday when, in 1966, she was killed in a motorbike accident. She had published only four short stories in literary magazines, and they had already started to attract some ...
It’s hard to know what brilliance she might have bestowed on the world had she lived longer, but the newly published collection Neighbors and Other Stories provides some inkling. Oliver’s perceptive, insightful work reflects great talent and ambition.
